Elegant, classic, timeless girls names?

[Meggie2110]

I want to give my daughter an elegant, timeless name. Names like poppy, maisy etc are adorable but i can't imagine them for a grown woman. I really love the names Emma, Laura and Charlotte but i know so many or there's already one in the family so i'm looking for similar names which are a little bit less common.

Also Rose - don't think it's used loads as a first name.

I was going to say Laurel too as I loved it.

Our DD is Clara. All those -a names are definitely going through a moment though.

I like Elsbeth

If in doubt, look to the bible, Jane Austen or other classic literature.

Thus:
Naomi
Ruth
Elizabeth
Rebecca

Elinor
Marianne
Louisa
Elizabeth
Jane
Mary
Lydia
Catherine
Anne

Alice
Katy
Joanna
Margaret

There seem to be so many MNetters DDs called Clara. I thought my Clara would be very rare, til I came on MN & there seem to be loads!

Clara's a great name; Claire is also lovely and underused.

I love Laurel too.

Also
Madeleine
Letitia
Helena
Lara
Frances
Charis

Clarissa?

isabel
gabrielle
louise
clare
alicia
natasha

I love the name Julia - very elegant and timeless in my opinion.

Eleanor is also lovely.

Jane
Elizabeth (lots of nn poss)
Katharine (as above)
Emma
Zoe (ancient and classic)

Elinor
Marianne
Emma
Harriet
Catherine
Isobel
Elizabeth
Jane
Mary
Katherine
Lydia
Charlotte
Anne

Elizabeth/ Isabelle
Hannah/ Susanna/ Anna
Rosemary/ Rose
Cecily/ Cecilia
Beatrice
Lorelie
Thalia
Julia/ Julianna

Esther
Beatrice
Beatrix
Florence
Sophia
Esme
Martha
Isabella
Arabella
Elizabeth
Matilda
Alice

Claudia
Esther
Lydia
Laurel - lovely I got to chose the middle name of my friends baby girl and went for this,I could never have it as it wouldn't work with my last name but its classy and yet modern sounding.
Elizabeth
Vivian
Sophia
Sarah
Charlotte
Evelyn
Julia
Natalie
Juliette
Estelle

Beatrice is really classical as is Vivienne.

Antonia

babynamewizard on timelessness of Antonia

Virginia
Helen
Felicity
Penelope
Rosemary

Classy, elegant timeless girl names:

Emma
Anna
Anne
Annabelle
Annabella
Isabelle
Isabella
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Eliza
Liza
Eva
Ella
Beth
Bethany
MacKensy
MacKenna

Scarlett
Mary
Penelope
Samantha (nn Sammy is cute when young too)

Elizabeth
Victoria
Anne
Mary
Grace
Rose
Eleanor
Jane
Helen

I like the Shakesperian heroine names which will always be classics but also slightly unusual:
Miranda
Portia
Hermia
Juliet
Emilia
Beatrice
Ophelia
Perdita
Viola
Cordelia
Rosalind
Helena

Also know a little girl called Clarissa which is lovely

Eleanor
Erin
Beatrice
Penelope
Jemima
Lydia
Georgina